| 10/18/2012 11:45:12 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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uriahxg
Saint Paul, MN
24, joined Sep. 2011
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I don't know why I ask this, I just get the feeling that alot of people decide to not even respond because I'm not white, and blonde, with blue eyes, do any of you out there feel like that too?
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| 10/19/2012 8:53:58 AM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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tremenda20
Owatonna, MN
37, joined Oct. 2012
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I don't think so. I don't send any messages, but I recently joined & have received quite a few. I have dark hair & brown eyes.
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| 10/19/2012 2:08:17 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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keepslowprofile
Moose Lake, MN
98, joined Nov. 2011
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I'm sorry you feel that way.
I don't think that is true here.
Just keep plugging along. Sometimes it just takes a while until the right one comes along.
Good luck
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| 10/19/2012 2:27:12 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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nom_essages010
International Falls, MN
52, joined Jan. 2011
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no  I think it's more that people get scared off by the 'lists' found in profiles  that make one think twice or run for the hills  it will be the strong that ..... 
[Edited 10/19/2012 2:28:13 PM ]
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| 10/19/2012 4:54:26 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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wolfgard_h
Saint Paul, MN
53, joined Oct. 2010
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TC,You've never heard women use the expression "Tall,dark and handsome"?
It's so common.
[Edited 10/19/2012 4:55:13 PM ]
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| 10/19/2012 8:20:01 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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thenwmetroguy
Minneapolis, MN
35, joined Jan. 2011
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Short answer: Yes
I was just reading a book (Freakonomics) the other day that had some interesting statistics regarding this in one of its chapters. Here is what a survey of 20,000 online dating profiles found from their analysis.
The white men who said that race didn’t matter sent 90 percent of their e-mail queries to white women. The white women who said race didn’t matter sent about 97 percent of their e-mail queries to white men. This means that an Asian man who is good-looking, rich, and well educated will receive fewer than 25 percent as many e-mails from white women as a white man with the same qualifications would receive; similarly, black and Latino men receive about half as many e-mails from white women as they would if they were white. Is it possible that race really didn’t matter for these white women and men and that they simply never happened to browse a nonwhite date that interested them? Or, more likely, did they say that race didn’t matter because they wanted to come across—especially to potential mates of their own race—as open-minded?
That is not to say race will preclude you from finding someone here or any other online dating site, but it is clearly a big factor. It just means you have to distinguish yourself more to get some visibility.
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| 10/24/2012 11:38:01 AM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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jamieahos
Saint Paul, MN
25, joined Jul. 2012
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Short answer: Yes
I was just reading a book (Freakonomics) the other day that had some interesting statistics regarding this in one of its chapters. Here is what a survey of 20,000 online dating profiles found from their analysis.
The white men who said that race didn’t matter sent 90 percent of their e-mail queries to white women. The white women who said race didn’t matter sent about 97 percent of their e-mail queries to white men. This means that an Asian man who is good-looking, rich, and well educated will receive fewer than 25 percent as many e-mails from white women as a white man with the same qualifications would receive; similarly, black and Latino men receive about half as many e-mails from white women as they would if they were white. Is it possible that race really didn’t matter for these white women and men and that they simply never happened to browse a nonwhite date that interested them? Or, more likely, did they say that race didn’t matter because they wanted to come across—especially to potential mates of their own race—as open-minded?
That is not to say race will preclude you from finding someone here or any other online dating site, but it is clearly a big factor. It just means you have to distinguish yourself more to get some visibility.
Okay but how does that compare to other races...do all races favor their own?
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| 10/25/2012 5:37:08 PM |
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halfback21
Saint Paul, MN
36, joined May. 2010
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Okay but how does that compare to other races...do all races favor their own?
It's NOT supposed to compare to other races, didn't you read the part based on White men/women?
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| 10/25/2012 6:36:17 PM |
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jenlynn84
Bemidji, MN
33, joined Jul. 2011
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I don't get emails, so I rarely get dates. But I think it's cuz I'm fat. lol
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| 10/25/2012 11:44:37 PM |
Do you think it's harder to get dates on here if you're not white? |
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driver406
Saint Paul, MN
65, joined Oct. 2009
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Don't know. I'm white and never came even remotely close to getting a date.
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